Attorney General Platkin, Union County Leaders Announce Expansion of ARRIVE Together Alternative Response Program

Announcement includes countywide expansion of ARRIVE and key partnership with Kean University For Immediate Release: November 9, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Alternative and Community Responses– Tiffany Wilson,...

AG Platkin, Division of Consumer Affairs Announce $640,000 Settlement with Defunct NJ Cosmetology School that Allegedly Defrauded Students and Failed to Meet Curriculum Requirements for Licensure

A now-defunct New Jersey cosmetology school and its related entities have agreed to pay nearly $640,000 to resolve the State’s lawsuit alleging they defrauded students and engaged in substandard business practices that financially harmed students.

State Grand Jury Indicts Northern State Prison Corrections Officer Who Allegedly Accepted Bribes to Supply Inmate with Contraband

A state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a corrections officer at Northern State Prison, after he allegedly smuggled contraband into the facility for a particular inmate in exchange for regular bribe payments.

Bergen County Father and Son Indicted in Alleged ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Investment Scam Involving Shore Properties, Defrauding Investors and Lenders of More Than $2.5M

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that a state grand jury indicted a father and son from Bergen County for allegedly defrauding investors and mortgage lenders of more than $2.5 million through an investment scam involving Jersey Shore real estate.

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officers in Fatal Shooting in Montville, N.J., on December 31, 2022

A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding a police-involved shooting at a motel in the Pine Brook section of Montville on December 31, 2022.